During a conversation with Gayle King, Charles Barkley reacted to remarks made by Donald Trump about how more Black people have started supporting him after he was arrested for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential results in Georgia.
While speaking at the Black Conservative Federation's annual Honors Gala in South Carolina, Trump stated, "When I did the mug shot in Atlanta, that mug shot is No. 1. You know who embraced it more than anyone else? The Black population."
Barkley reacted to the remarks, telling King, "First of all, I'm just gonna say this: if I see a Black person walking around with Trump's mugshot, I'm [gonna] punch him in the face."
When Gayle told Charles that he'd be arrested for assault, he responded, stating, "I will bail myself out and go celebrate. If I was at that conference I would have got up and walked out. That was an insult to all Black people."
Barkley continued, "To compare Black history, when we've been discriminated against, to his plight—first of all, he's a billionaire, and they're prosecuting him for stuff he did wrong. … Well, some of the stuff is true. They did storm the Capitol, they did say that the election was stolen. Those aren't lies, Gayle.
"He's had a great life. He's been President of the United States. To insult Black people who have been discriminated against all these years, to put them in the same category. I was just offended."
Source: X
